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GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED IIIAY I5. Isla.

Patented June 3, 1919.A

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M. LINDEBERG.

GARMENT. APPLlcATloN FILED MAY 15, 191s.

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MARIETTA LINDEBERG, OF OCEAN GROVE, NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1919.

Application filed May 15, 1918. Serial No. 234,625.

To all whom t may concern.' ,l

Be it known that I, MARIETTA LIND'EBERG, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ocean Grove, in the county of Monmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the followin is a specification.

My invention relates to garments and particularly to bloomer garments, the object of my invention being to combine in a garment of this type the modesty of a skirt effect with the freedom and comfort of a bloomer construction. The invention has an extended utility,'inasmuch as the construction is applicable not only to womens work garments, but also to bathing suits, gymnasium suits, riding habits, childrens play suits, etc.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garment in which my invention is embodied in one form;

Figs. 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 2 2 and 3-3, Fig. 1, respectively;

Fig. t is a rear elevation of the garment;

Fig. 5 is an inverted plan thereof;

Fig. 6 is a plan of-one of the plaits;

Fig. 7 is an elevation of the ankle cuff Fig. 8 is a broken elevation of amodiied ankle cuff Fig. 9 is an elevation of a bathing suit in which my invention is embodied.

Referring to the drawings and particularly to Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, the garment here illustrated is a two-piece suit and comprises a blouse 10 and separate bloomers 11, l

the blouse being fastened thereto at the waistband 12 on the bloomers by means of snap fasteners 13, buttons, or other fastening device. The only features about the blouse which merit particular attention are: first, the collar 14, which is cut high to permit it to be buttoned close and used with a necktie, or left open so that it may be rolled back like a sailor collar with a V-neck (indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1) and, second, the forearm sections 15 of the sleeves, which are made independent of the upper sleeve sections 16 and secured thereto by snap fasteners 17. This permits the removal of the forearm sections in hot weather, or for washing and the like, and, at the same time, enables them to be quickly attached when desired.

My invention is particularly concerned with the bloomers 11., These comprise the usual full legs, gathered at the knee and sewed at their upper ends to the waistband 12. Each leg is preferably fashioned from a front piece 18 and back piece 19 sewed together at the outer and inner leg seams 20 and 21 and front and back body seams 22 and 23. To secure a skirt effect for the bloolners, I provide front and back boX plaits 24 and 25, the upper portions of which are narrower than the lower portions (see Fig. 6). The lower portion of each plait is extended on each side to form wings 26 and 27, into which the upper portion of the plait merges by the curve lines 28 and 29. The folded upper end of each plait is sewed to, or otherwise secured at, the waistband 12. The meeting edges 30 and 31 of the front plait are sewed into the front body seam 22 joining the upper portions of the bloomer' legs, the curved edges 29 and 30 following the crotch seam, while the outer margins of the wings 26 and 27 are sewed into the inner seams 21 of the bloomer legs and follow these seams down to approximately the knee gathers. The back plait 24C is similarly fastened in at the back of the bloomers. The lower edges of both the front and back plaits are preferably cut out at 32 to lessen weight and at the same time permit greater freedom of action without detrac'ting from the skirt effect, since the inner folds of the plaits fill the cut-out space 32 and cascade downward toward the bloomer knees. The width of the front plait from tip to tip of the wings 26 and 27 is substantially equal to the combined length of the inner leg seams from the crotch to the point of attachment to the wing tips,l so that the insertion of the plait does not restrict the freedom of the bloomers in the least. The back plait 25 is somewhat fuller than the front plait to afford more room and give a betterl effect.

While the main feature of my invention relates to the boX plaits just described, I have also provided each leg of the bloomers with an ankle cuff 33--34 which extends from the knee gathers to the ankle or shoe top. These ankle cuffs may be detachably connected to the knee gathers or sewed on, as desired, although I prefer to have them attached by snap fasteners in the same fashion as the forearm cups of the blouse, since, in many cases, they may not be desired.

Various modifications of the bloomers will readily occur to those dealing with the their upper ends. to., the waistband, but. may.

be shortened and attached at any point above the crotch, as indicated at the dottedv line 35 in Fig. l. This construction is not as attractive in appearance as that first des scribed, but serves the functionof imparting a skirt effect to the garinent. VThe-lower in argins of the wing pieces 26e-27 may be secured by snap fasteners, .or in fact the whole plaits inay be so secured in pleee, Se 'that th.ey may be readily detached when riding horseback. In Fig. 8 I'have shown the ankle cuffA in the forni of a spiral puttee 36, provided at one end with .Shar 'fasteners 37 @dented te. engage eererating fasteners on'the knee gathers 38,.`

' In'Fig. 9 Ihave shown a one-piece bathing suit l39. in which Iny invention is enibodied. In this nie-piece constructionthe box'plait 40 iscarried downfrorn the neck the4 full length of the garment, front and back, and its lower edgesv are secured in like manner vat the inner side c searns of the blooiners. Thesuit open at'the front after the fashion of a union suit, land fastening devices 4I are so'arranged as to be concealed beneath .the plait.` Various other rnodifications will readily occur to those skilled in te art `without departing from I claiin as 'rny invention.

1. A In a garment of the type described, bloorners having a front box plait extending from a point above the crotch of the bloolners to apoint below the crotch and secured at its lower side margins .to the inner sides of the blooiner legs.

in'cl'aim'l, 'a box plait of greater'width Yat its lower than at its upper portion. 3.. In. .eerletruetee sieh ee 'that ereefed 2. In a construction'such as that'specified inside .of thegbloolnerglegs.

4. In a bloolner, a front skirt-like element Vextending between the bloonier legs and atv`tached at its top to the blooiner body above the .crotch and having .its lower outer inargins fastened tothe inner sides of both 'bloolner legs.

5. In a bloomenha flQIlll Skirtlike element elitsndillg between the 'bloomel lege and ettached at its top to the blooiner body yand fastened its vlolwer outer rnargins tothe in- Side Seme @f'bothblofmel legs,

6. In ablooineg a front skirt-like element extending between the bleemerlee'e Mld Heying a full upper portion, the upper side niarene 0f which are attached. et the firent body searn of both bloolner legs and the lower. side margine 0f which are ettaehed at the inside Seems .O f the bleemer lessi "7. 'In a bloroiner, a skirt-like element eX- tending froin a pointabove. the crotch vof the bjloornerlegsto a point beloii7 the. Crotch and secured at'its lower side wings to the inside ,Seems Of the 'bleemer lege, together with narrow extensions of` said bloonier 'legs attached to the latter belowrthe point of attachment of the Y lower margin ofv said skirtlike element. e'

8. 'In a'blooiner, front and back skirt-like I elemente extending between the bleemer lese and attached tothe bloonier body abovethe crotch, each element `being secured at its lower outer side margins to the inside of the bloolner legs below the. crotch, the lower portions of saidskirtdike elements being of greater widthH than upperA portions thereof.

In testimony Whereef I. `here Signed, my name to thisy s'p eciication'.

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